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By Devry Becker Jones (CC0), January 30, 2019
Engine Company No. 4 Marker
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1 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Shaw — Engine Company No. 4 — 931 R Street, NW — African American Heritage Trail, Washington DC —  |
| This 1885 building originally housed the DC Fire Department's Engine Company No. 7. It eventually became home to Washington's first all-black fire company. The department had included a few African American firefighters since 1868, but none ever . . . — — Map (db m129347) HM | |||
| 2 ► District of Columbia, Washington, Northwest Washington, Pleasant Plains — The Burton W. Johnson House — Engine Company 4 — Organized February 21, 1870 — |
| Dedicated in memory of the first African American to serve the citizens of the District of Columbia as Fire Chief. Chief Johnson was appointed to Engine Company #4 on January 16, 1943 and retired as Fire Chief of the department on March 1, . . . — — Map (db m142337) HM | |||